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What about Pinky & Perky?

Two pigs on helium...
Quote by northwest-cpl

What about Pinky & Perky?

Two pigs on helium...
Yep. The things that used to pass as entertainment. rolleyes
A tad later in time - Pipkins.
Don't forget Bill & Ben (& little weed) How did we ever learn to speak properly watching stuff like that lol biggrin
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Don't forget Bill & Ben (& little weed) How did we ever learn to speak properly watching stuff like that lol biggrin

But some of us did. Just the same as some of the recent crop of kids will manage after Teletubbies.
Quote by Vix
Don't forget Bill & Ben (& little weed) How did we ever learn to speak properly watching stuff like that lol biggrin

But some of us did. Just the same as some of the recent crop of kids will manage after Teletubbies.
what about mary,mungo & midge?
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Don't forget Bill & Ben (& little weed) How did we ever learn to speak properly watching stuff like that lol biggrin

It was good preparation for later life. You are now able to understand a conversation in a roomful of drunks when you are totally bladdered. wink
Quote by jlebbon
.... i was only aobut 8 when i last saw it though so it was quiet a while ago!

4 years is not a long time, pet. :twisted:
I remember nearly all of them - Rentaghost, Bagpuss, Let's Pretend, Get Fresh, Pob . ...
Anyone used to watch Ulysess ... "Ulyseee eeee eeee eeeess!!!" .. and what's cartoon with kids with funny shaped faces - was it Children of the Sun?
Andy Pandy
Jackanory
Button Moon
Playaway
There's a similar thread to this somewhere ... I've just learnt how to put a link in my posts so I might be back in a bit .... (I'm like a kid with a new toy).
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what about mary,mungo & midge?

OMG!! I loved that!! Almost as much as I loved Mr Benn. The one who lived in Festive Road, but Tony is a hero of mine, too.
But some of us did. Just the same as some of the recent crop of kids will manage after Teletubbies.
Lol yeah I suppose so confused strange though
Quote by northwest-cpl
Don't forget Bill & Ben (& little weed) How did we ever learn to speak properly watching stuff like that lol biggrin

It was good preparation for later life. You are now able to understand a conversation in a roomful of drunks when you are totally bladdered. wink
Ah never thought of it like that :D good training really then was't it :D
Gawd my mammy must have left me in front of the telly to long as a child and now im like the cable guy cause I remember every single one of those programmes (only 27)
No wonder I have a telly ariel growing out my head! :P
how could i forget button Moon!!
Classic telly at its best!!
"we're off to button moon"
"we'll follow mr spoon"
"button moon"........ can't remember the rest!!!
Marya Wrote:
4 years is not a long time, pet.

cheers babe i love u too!!!
JGL
Gawd my mammy must have left me in front of the telly to long as a child and now im like the cable guy cause I remember every single one of those programmes (only 27

Its even worse when ya can remember the title music to go along to them all
give me a cartoon and i can sing the tune to it!
such as
"heathcliffe Heathcliffe"
"no one should terorise the neighnbour hood"
....... you get the picture!!!!
Quote by jlebbon
how could i forget button Moon!!
Classic telly at its best!!
"we're off to button moon"
"we'll follow mr spoon"
"button moon"........ can't remember the rest!!!

Then have on me!
PS: Bonus point to whoever is first to remember who sang the theme.
Mr ccr always goes on about HR Puffnstuff. I never saw it and he says neither has anyone else who he has spoken to. Has anyone else seen it? dunno rolleyes
ccr xxx
well ive pinched the credits does this count?
Credits
Narrated by: Robin Parkinson
Written by: Ian Allen
Puppeteers: John Thirtle
Ian Allen
Alistair Fullarton
Directed by: John Darnell
Stan Woodward
Peter Yolland
Produced by: Charles Warren
JGL
Quote by jlebbon
well ive pinched the credits does this count?
Credits
Narrated by: Robin Parkinson
Written by: Ian Allen
Puppeteers: John Thirtle
Ian Allen
Alistair Fullarton
Directed by: John Darnell
Stan Woodward
Peter Yolland
Produced by: Charles Warren
JGL

nope
nope

BUGGER!!!
back to the drawing board
JGL
And there was.....
Bod
The Flumps
King Rollo
Ivor the Engine
and Dangermouse (which is far better to watch when you're an adult) lol.........
Quote by jlebbon
anyone reckonise this face???/

That's from willow the wisp
The Flumps
King Rollo

they were on BBC2 all the in the moring wasn't they??
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The Flumps
King Rollo

they were on BBC2 all the in the moring wasn't they??
Yeah they were smile
Oh and then there was , he was a dodgy geezer.
Just been surfing the web as ya do!!
and found this tune!

JGL
Quote by jlebbon
Just been surfing the web as ya do!!
and found this tune!

JGL

Haha I used to know one of the animators of superted, got some original artwork lying around somewhere....... hmmm might be worth a fortune rolleyes
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anyone reckonise this face???/

OMG ! It's Evil Edna !

If you visit the they have a huge archive of classic TV. Obviously I'm not childish enough to have spent an hour in the company of Ivor the Engine recently ;) redface
Quote by Vix
Bonus point to whoever is first to remember who sang the theme.

Peter Davidson and Sandra Dickinson.
What about the herb garden with Parsley the lion...
and the Wombles were another of my favourites!!
H & T
know what else I havent seen mentioned!! Top cat!! lol
top cat had a sort of Sgt Bilko feel to it!
what about Rolf harris Cartoon time..
i remember meeting him when i was a kid! was well gutted when my brother got a signed Pic of that cartoon he alway drew, but me never got one!
i was told i was on a right shitty all day!!!
JGL!!!